The Roaring 20s

Labor Strikes

Caused by workers needing more money after the war. Only skilled workers won in strikes.

18th Amendment

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages. Was popularized by The Temperests led by Billy Sunday.

19th Amendment

Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections.

Red Scare of the 1920's?

Americans blamed Communists for troubles because they wanted the opposite of the way America was. There were some incidents of nail bombs and other potentially harmful ways that Communists protested America's ways.

20's KKK

HATED CHANGE!!!!! It was centered in the midwest and they attacked black people, Jewish people, Catholics, immigrants, Communists, etc.

"A Return to Normalcy"

Harding's catchphrase that emphasized bringing America back to how it was before World War I. He was very overwhelmed in the process of it.

Innovation Henry Ford

He had his own silly car company but he also created assembly lines that made the production of the cars VERY fast. The efficiency lowered the price of the car and made it to where even his workers could buy a car.

Harlem Renaissance

A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished. Langston Hughes, Carter G. Woodson, and WEB DuBois are well-known during this time period.

Role of Women

Women were able to popularize their issues, have freetime, and started to break social norms. They would start to smoke and drink in public and then there are the Flappers!! The Flappers broke social norms the most by drinking, smoking, dating, driving cars, and other scandalous things just for fun!

Hero Worship

In media, a person would go from zero to hero overnight and would be basically worshiped. Examples would be Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Jack Depsey and others.

Moral Battle

Religion was the last to change during this time period. The belief of Fundamentalism took things literally in religious texts. Two major figures are Aimee Semple Macpherson and Billy Sunday. There was also a push to teach evolution in class. The push worked and it caused William Jennings Bryan to have a breakdown.